Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Does marriage make people happy, or do happy people get married?

Commuting and life satisfaction in Germany

Stress That Doesn't Pay: The Commuting Paradox

People spend a lot of time commuting and often find it a burden. According to standard economics, the burden of commuting is chosen when compensated either on the labor or on the housing market so that individuals' utility is equalized. However, in a direct test of this strong notion of equilibrium with panel data, we find that people with longer commuting time report systematically lower subjective ...

Gender, age and migration: an intersectional approach to inequalities in the labour market

This paper analyses the interference of three socio-demographic characteristics: gender, age and migration status on the labour market outcomes from the perspective of intersectionality theory. Concretely, we investigate whether gender and migration differences in hourly wages are observable at younger ages and whether these differences increase with age. Further, we analyse whether gender and migration ...

Motivation auf dem Tiefpunkt

Human Capital and fertility in Germany after 1990: Evidence from a Multi-Spell Model

We analyze the timing of birth of the first three children based on German panel data (GSOEP) within a hazard rate framework. A random effects estimator is used to accommodate correlation across spells. We consider the role of human capital – approximated by a Mincer-type regression – and its gender-specific effects on postponement of parenthood and possible recuperation at higherorder births. An advantage ...

Alte" und "neue" PPP im Gesundheitssystem - Fluch, Segen oder Aufgabe?

Im Gesundheitssystem finden PPP (Public Private Partnership)-Modelle bislang hauptsächlich im Bereich von Krankenhäusern Anwendung. Der vorliegende Beitrag diskutiert in einem ersten Schritt, welche Folgen mit dem Einsatz von PPP verbunden sind. Hierbei wird auch untersucht, ob und inwieweit überhaupt staatliches Handeln im Bereich der stationären Versorgung ökonomisch rechtfertigt werden kann. In ...

Zur Konstruktion eines Lebenszufriedenheitsindikators („Glücks-BIP“) für Deutschland

Trotz steigender Wirtschaftsleistung hat sich die Lebenszufriedenheit in Deutschland seit Beginn der 90er Jahre nicht erhöht, in Westdeutschland ist sie sogar gesunken. Mehr materieller Wohlstand bedeutet also nicht automatisch mehr Wohlstand im Sinne von Lebensglück. Was aber sind dann die treibenden „Glücksfaktoren“? Mit diesen Fragen befasst sich die Glücksforschung, ein noch junges Forschungsfeld ...

The Problem of Repeated Surveys. How Comparable are their Results Regarding the Utilization of Medical Services?

Large-scale representative population surveys in Germany contain questions pertaining to health and its determinants as well as the prevalence and intensity of outpatient services utilization. In this chapter, the comparability of the instruments used in these surveys and their results are examined. Questions on in- and outpatient care utilization as well as utilization of preventive services were ...

The impact of marriage and parenthood on male body mass index: Static and dynamic effects

Rationale: Numerous cross-sectional studies investigated the link between marital status and BMI in the context of competing social science theories (marriage market, marriage selection, marriage protection and social obligation), frequently offering conflicting theoretical predictions and conflicting empirical findings. Objective: This study analysed the effects of marriage, divorce, pregnancy, and ...